Machine for making and attaching bails



A. P. RUSSELL.

\ MACHINE FOR MAKING AND ATTACHING BMLS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1921.

Patented Nov. 14, 1922,.

, tain mechanism embodying the invention,

Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

:rn'ii snnnvvrn WILLIAMS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, ,onro, A conronlrrion or onto.

MACHINE FOR. MAKING AND Arrhenius earns. 'i

Application filed March 30, 1921. Serial No.'457,089.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT l Rnssnnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Inn provement in Machines for Makingand AL taching Bails, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applyingjthat principle, so as to distinguish from other inventions. 1

In my companion application filed March 18, 1921, Serial No. 453,498, I disclosev a novel construction of bail and method of attaching same to containers whereby a bail with a reversed type of hook may be attached to cars previously soldered or other wise fixedly secured to the sides of the con tainers. To this end the bail is provided with preformed reversely hooked ends, and the side portion of the bail adjacent one'such end is bent so as tobring the extremity'of such end into approximately right angled relation to such portion. The operation of attaching the bail then involves simply hooking the other end thereof into one such ear, entering the extremity'of such first end into the other ear, and bendingthe adjacent side portion in question so as'to bring the corresponding end into normal position, as a result causing it tointerlock with the corre sponding ear.

The object of the present invention is to provide a suitable device or machine for thus bending the bail portion, in effect, back into its normal condition so as to cause the corresponding end to engage with the ear which it has partially entered.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, said invention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described. and particularly pointed out in the claims, the annexed drawing and the following description setting forth in detail cer such disclosed means constituting, however, but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawing Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved device or machine showing a container with bail in the osition it occupies with respect thereto pre iminarily to operation of the machine Fig.2 is'a similar view, but showing the'positionof parts of both the machine and of the article'being operated-upon after such operation; 3 is a plan view of the mach1ne;and Flgsi and 5are centralssec tions -more' or less diagrammatic 1n characa ter showing the several stagesin theassen'ibly of my improved bail, as exemplifiedinfl the-operation of the foregoing machine.

The container 1 illustrated in the several- 4 figures'of the drawing is shown as a cylindrical 'or pail, to the outside of'which, at opposite points near the upperend, have, 1

been soldered, or otherwise fixedly securectj ears or hollow stamped-up, bosses 2 of usual. form and construction. The bail 3fas preliminarily fashioned for attachment tothe pair of cars on each such container, (see Flgs. 1 and 4i) has its one end formed with a" reverse hook 4 of, the sort he'reinbefore mentioned as serving to securely interlock such endwith theear. Such end comprises,

in eifect, a transverse section bent substan tiallyat a right angle to the adjacent" side; portlonof the-bail, while the extremitylies parallel with such side portion. ,Once' such end is inserted, itis practically-impossible to disengage thesame from the ear, that is with the bailin its normal position with re spect to the container body. 'Howeven'with the other end of the bail free the end in question may he slipped into the correspond} ing ear,"as indicated bythe dotted position v of the bail in Fig. 4.

The opposite end 5 of the bail comprises a terminal portion 45 that corresponds with;

the rectangularly bent and parallel-disposed portions of the end 4 just described, but 'a supplemental inwardly projecting bend 6 in i the bail, a short distance above such terminal portion 45 has changed the angular relation of the portions in question so that the extremity in thi stage of manufacture or assembly lies substantially at right. angles to the corresponding sideportions of the bail. Accordingly, after inserting the first mentioned end i in its corresponding ear, (and,

incidentally to such insertion), the other end 5 i swung into alignment with the opposite I ear, and in this position the extremity in question will freely enter the aperture, in such last mentioned ear. Upon now straightening out the bend or kink 6 so as to restore or bring the corresponding side portion of the bail into its normal position, as illustrat a short spindle or shaft that is journaled in.v

suitable bearings formed in two plates 13 rising from a suitable base-l t. Preferably, shaft 11 projects beyond both such plates so that it respective ends may be similarly formed with slots 12, thus enabling two op-. erations to be carried on simultaneously in conjunction with eachsuch; shaft. Oscillation of the shaft'is designed to be effected by means of a lever 15 mounted'thereon, such lever lying between the two. plates 13 and having a rod 16 connected. with its free; end

so that by pulling downwardly on suchmod through'the medium of treadle or other like device, not shown, the shaft will be rocked through an angle of approximately 90 dagrees. Mounted. adjacent to each end of the shaft, and on the right-hand side thereof, having regard to the direction of its move ment in operation as just described, is a fixed pin or stop 17, located so as to engage the adjacent portion of the bail 3 as the bend or kink in such portion isstraightened out by the oscillation of the shaft.

The machine, it will accordingly be seen, is simple, and all that the operator need do is to bring the portion of the preliminarily attached bail that lies between. bend 6 and terminal portion 5" into engagement with slot- 12 in the endiofshaft 11. Thereupon,

my invention maybe employed instead of the one explained, change being made. as rethe mechanism herein disclosed, pro vided the means stated by any of 'thefollowing' claims or the equivalent of'such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention 1. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a suitable base of a. shaft oscillatorily mounted thereon, each of the respective ends of said shaft being formed with a transverse slot, meansadapta ed to oscillate said shaft to an angle of approximately 90", and stops on said base 10- cated adjacent to suchshaft ends respectively.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a suitable base, two plates rising therefrom, a transversely disposed shaft journaled in said plates, the respective ends of said shaft projecting beyond the corresponding plates and each'be-- ing formed with a transverse slot, a levermounted on said shaft between said plates, and operating means connected with said lever whereby said shaft may be rocked through an angle of approximately 90.

Signed by me, this 28 day of March, 1921..

ALBERT P. RUSSELL, 

